Compiled listing from several years of the Official Railway Equipment Register publication, specifically listing NP equipment in interchange service. This is a great resource for modelers and researchers to determine the basic dimensions, road numbers and quantity of various equipment in service on the Northern Pacific.

​A list of drawings from the NP Mechanical Department and diagrams from NP Application For Expenditures (AFE) located at the indicated archive facilities. These drawings have not been scanned, but are planned to be in the near future. If you would like a copy of one of the drawings, email NPRHAResearch@hotmail.com with the details.

​This
large collection of 10MB PDF files presents a near full listing of NP equipment
- boxcars, stock cars, flats, ore, oil tanks, etc. Data includes builder, build
date, authorization number, disposition, and disposition date. The
collection also includes some non-NP roads such as BN, CB&Q, FW&D, etc.
The dates range from the 1920s to the 1980s.

This section provides general and specific information on the steam locomotives operated by the Northern Pacific Railway. Photo collections listed here have strong Northern Pacific content regardless of where they are preserved. Photo collections preserved by the NPRHA are marked with (*) and copies may be purchased through the NPRHA Company Store. To purchase a photo, 1) Write down the PhotoIDs of the photos you seek, 2) Return to the Home page of this site, 3) Open the Store site, 4) Select the Photo Purchase page and follow the instructions on the page.

​(*) Walt assembled this collection of NP steam locomotives starting in the 1970s from most of the master photographers who recorded the Northern Pacific over the decades of the steam era. Walt's collection is a mainstay of the photos at PNRA in Burien, Washington. To order copies of any of the photos, email info@PNRArchive.comcastbiz.netthe photo numbers you seek and PNRA will respond to your request.

​(*) James A. Turner, a Seattle street car motorman who was also a fine photographer, made these images of NP operations and equipment in and around Seattle and on Stampede Pass in the 1920s, '30s and '40s.

​(*) Library of 3,279 steam locomotive images taken by Jim Fredrickson. To view just the steam locomotives, click "Subject 1" on the top row and choose "Locomotive-Steam" and "Locomotive-Tender" in the drop down list.

(*) ​Library of 199 steam locomotive images taken by Joe Caron. To view just the steam locomotives, click "Subject 1" on the top row and choose "Locomotive-Steam" and "Locomotive-Tender" in the drop down list.

​Ron Nixon was a master photography of the Northern Pacific Railway and the other railroads of the northern tier states of the United States. He worked for the NP and GN over the years and acted as the "company photographer" in the late 1940 to the mid-1960s. (Museum of the Rockies web site)

This section provides general and specific information on the diesel locomotives operated by the Northern Pacific Railway. Photo collections listed here have strong Northern Pacific content regardless of where they are preserved. Photo collections preserved by the NPRHA are marked with (*) and copies may be purchased through the NPRHA Company Store. To purchase a photo, 1) Write down the PhotoIDs of the photos you seek, 2) Return to the Home page of this site, 3) Open the Store site, 4) Select the Photo Purchase page and follow the instructions on the page.

(*) ​​Library of 341 diesel locomotive images taken by Joe Caron. To view just the diesel locomotives, click "Subject 1" on the top row and choose "Locomotive-Diesel" and "Locomotive-Helper" in the drop down list.

(*) ​The George Werkema NP Photo Collection focuses all aspects of the Northern Pacific, mostly taken during the 1960's and post-merger. You can MOUSE OVER any of the column headings and click the down-arrow to filter or sort for Locomotives-Diesel. Scanning by Gregg Arndt and cataloging by George Werkema. Most photos by GJ Werkema, all rights reserved, reproduction prohibited without permission.

This section provides general and specific information on the freight cars operated by the Northern Pacific Railway. Photo collections listed here have strong Northern Pacific content regardless of where they are preserved. Photo collections preserved by the NPRHA are marked with (*) and copies may be purchased through the NPRHA Company Store. To purchase a photo, 1) Write down the PhotoIDs of the photos you seek, 2) Return to the Home page of this site, 3) Open the Store site, 4) Select the Photo Purchase page and follow the instructions on the page.

(*) ​​​Library of over 210 freight car images taken by Jim Fredrickson.. To view just the freight car images, click "Subject 1" on the top row and choose "Car-Box", "Car-Chip", etc. in the drop down list.

(*) 264 images of NP freight cars from the George Werkema NP Photo Collection, mostly taken during the 1960's and post-merger. You can MOUSE OVER any of the column headings and click the down-arrow to filter or sort for freight car types. Scanning by Gregg Arndt and cataloging by George Werkema. Most photos by GJ Werkema, all rights reserved, reproduction prohibited without permission.

(*) Library of roughly 700 passenger car images. This collection is unusual for its hundreds of car interior, new construction, and other rare shots. To view just the passenger images, click "cbxEquipType" on the top row and choose "Baggage", "Coach", "Lounge - car" etc. in the drop down list.

(*) ​​88 images from the Joe Caron collection. To view just the cars in this category, click "Subject 1" on the top row and choose terms like - Car-Baggage, Car-Business, Car-Mail & Express, Car-Observation, Car-Passenger, and don't forget, Train-Passenger.

(*) ​Library of over 230 passenger car images taken by Jim Fredrickson.. To view just the car images, click "Subject 1" on the top row and choose the various passenger cars in the in the drop down list.

This section provides information on the maintenance of way and work outfit cars operated by the Northern Pacific Railway. Photo collections listed here have strong Northern Pacific content regardless of where they are preserved. Photo collections preserved by the NPRHA are marked with (*) and copies may be purchased through the NPRHA Company Store. To purchase a photo, 1) Write down the PhotoIDs of the photos you seek, 2) Return to the Home page of this site, 3) Open the Store site, 4) Select the Photo Purchase page and follow the instructions on the page.

(*) ​The George Werkema NP Photo Collection focuses all aspects of the Northern Pacific, mostly taken during the 1960's and post-merger. You can MOUSE OVER any of the column headings and click the down-arrow to filter or sort for maintenance of way equipment types. Scanning by Gregg Arndt and cataloging by George Werkema. Most photos by GJ Werkema, all rights reserved, reproduction prohibited without permission.

This section provides information on cabooses operated by the Northern Pacific Railway. Photo collections listed here have strong Northern Pacific content regardless of where they are preserved. Photo collections preserved by the NPRHA are marked with (*) and copies may be purchased through the NPRHA Company Store. To purchase a photo, 1) Write down the PhotoIDs of the photos you seek, 2) Return to the Home page of this site, 3) Open the Store site, 4) Select the Photo Purchase page and follow the instructions on the page.

(*) ​​The George Werkema NP Photo Collection focuses all aspects of the Northern Pacific, mostly taken during the 1960's and post-merger. You can MOUSE OVER any of the column headings and click the down-arrow to filter or sort for caboose types. Scanning by Gregg Arndt and cataloging by George Werkema. Most photos by GJ Werkema, all rights reserved, reproduction prohibited without permission.

This section provides information on trucks, trailers and buses operated by the Northern Pacific Railway. Photo collections listed here have strong Northern Pacific content regardless of where they are preserved. Photo collections preserved by the NPRHA are marked with (*) and copies may be purchased through the NPRHA Company Store. To purchase a photo, 1) Write down the PhotoIDs of the photos you seek, 2) Return to the Home page of this site, 3) Open the Store site, 4) Select the Photo Purchase page and follow the instructions on the page.